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XRG

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    Comment #48792783

    It is not necessarily untrue (source: am currently involved in battery R&D). However, the degree to which it is true will vary strongly based on the particular choice of chemistry,…

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    Comment #48700312

    Goes to show that having a creation date placed somewhere near the top of an article or blog post is a good idea.

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    Comment #48699484

    Dear ChatGPT, how can I patch a hole in my sock?

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    Comment #48575060

    As a side-gig I taught within the doctoral education program for several high-ranking universities in Europe for about a decade (over a thousand PhD candidates). My impression is t…

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    Comment #46884126

    My first guess was that they used an external brick for the power supply with a relatively low output voltage--that would eliminate a lot of the CE test load. However, a cursory gl…

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    Comment #45946137

    Cells specialize based on the presence of certain chemical gradients, for example. These types of 'signals' that guide specialization already become apparent in a very early stage …

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    Comment #45383838

    I can’t imagine anyone in my environment becoming really angry over this. Some of them would have to find new time sinks though—-hopefully ones that actually benefit them instead o…

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    Comment #45320811

    Don’t agree with this take; software doesn’t need repairs when you drop your phone, when it is submerged, when it is charged/discharged daily for a few years, and so on. Freedom to…

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    Comment #42851980

    If we assume the indicated 400 W load with a total processing time of 20 s per user query, and 20 mio queries per day (‘daily users’), shouldn’t the daily consumption be closer to …